Improvement in saddle-girth rings



A. JEHNKE 8v J. SWANK. Saddle-Girth Ring.

No. 223,141. Patented Dec. 30,1879.

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ARNOLD JEHNKE AND JOHN SWANK, OF-DENVER, COLORADO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SADDLE-GIRTH RINGS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,14] dated December 30, 1879; application filed October 27, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, ARNOLD JEHNKE and JOHN SWANK, oi Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Saddle-Girth Rings, of which the following' is a specification.

Figure l is a plan view of the saddle-girth. Fig. 2 is a plan View ot' one of the girth-rin gs. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of the girth.

The object ot' this invention is to furnish saddle-girth rings so constructed that the strands ofthe rope or girth cannot be crowded together and the outer strands forced to give way by overstraining.

The invention consists in constructing girthrings with teeth or shoulders to. prevent the strands ofthe rope or girth from being crowded together, and also in providing the girth-rings with pairs ot' stop-rings to allow the middle part ot' the girth-rings to be left free from strands, if desired, to make the pressure more comfortable to the horse, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Arepresents the girtlrrings, and B the rope or strap of the girth. The rings A have shoulders or teeth O formed upon their inner sides to receive the strands of the rope B, so that the strands will not be crowded together and the outer strands forced to give Way by being overstrained, as they are liable to be when smooth rings are used.

The teeth or shoulders C may be formed upon the rings A, as shown iu the drawings; or they may be cast or formed in any other way as an extra set to be inserted in, or in any other way attached to, smooth rin gs; or smooth rings may be bent to form the shoulders or teeth; or the teeth or shoulders G may be formed in any way upon, or attached to, the outside ot' the rings, so that they may keep the strands of the girth apart and prevent the usefulness of the outer strands from being destroyed.

Upon each ring A are placed, at a little dis- Having thus ,described our invention, We`

claim as new and desire to. secure by Letters Patent l. As an improved article of manufacture, girth rings A, constructed with teeth or shoulders C, substantially as herein shown and described, to keep the strands of the rope or girth apart and prevent the usefulness of the outer strands from being destroyed by overstraining, as set t'orth.

2. The combination, with the girth with the rings A, provided with the teeth C, of pairs of stop-rin gs D, substantially as herein shown and described, so that the girth maybe made with the middle space of the rings A free from strands, as set forth.

3. The combination of the strands ofthe girth B with the shoulders or teeth O of the girthrings A, substantially as herein shown and described, so that the strands cannot be crowded together, as set forth.

ARNOLD JEHNKE. JOHN SWANK.

Witnesses:

SUMNER W. SPRAGUE, E. E. CARLTON. 

